Episode description
We speak with Joe Xulue about the history of Kanaky (New Caledonia) and the context for the current crisis caused by France’s National Assembly passing a bill that removed electoral restrictions protecting the demographic status of the nation’s indigenous Kanaky people on May 14 2024.
Joe’s explainer in the SpinOff
This episode’s co-hosts
Joe, Josephine, Kyle
Timestamps
0:00 Introductions
2:40 What’s Happening in Kanaky
6:19 The Missing Voices of Discourse
8:42 Independance vs Decolonization
11:44 A Brief History of Kanaky
17:01 The 80s Protest Movements
24:52 Resources and Wealth Disparity
29:43 Failed Promises of the Accord
34:41 Three Referendums and a Settler Majority
47:35 Latest Referendum and a Common Destiny
52:22 Double Standard of Violence
59:42 The Relationships of the Pacific
1:06:59 Going Forward
1:11:48 Closings
Intro/Outro by The Prophet Motive
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